NAHB Students win National Travel Scholarship!

National Association of Home Builders – UMASS Student Chapter is raising funds to send a contingent of students to the 2011 International Builders Show in Orlando, FL this January. Page Browning, Director for Academic Services with Home Builders Institute in Washington, DC writes “Congratulations! Funding in the amount of $1,600 has been awarded to support 8 students at Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst through the National Housing Endowment International Builders’ Show (IBS) Scholarship. NAHB Student Chapter attendance at the IBS is very important to the NAHB federation, and the National Housing Endowment is pleased to be able to help students attend by providing this scholarship. NAHB is committed to recruiting the best and brightest to pursue careers in the residential construction industry.

The UMASS NAHB Student Chapter, sponsored by the Building and Construction Technology program in the Dept. of Environmental Conservation is also raffling off a